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Xenosaurus Tzacualtipantecus. the Zacualtipán Knob-Scaled Lizard Is Endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Eastern Mexico
Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus. The Zacualtipán knob-scaled lizard is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of eastern Mexico. This medium-large lizard (female holotype measures 188 mm in total length) is known only from the vicinity of the type locality in eastern Hidalgo, at an elevation of 1,900 m in pine-oak forest, and a nearby locality at 2,000 m in northern Veracruz (Woolrich- Piña and Smith 2012). Xenosaurus tzacualtipantecus is thought to belong to the northern clade of the genus, which also contains X. newmanorum and X. platyceps (Bhullar 2011). As with its congeners, X. tzacualtipantecus is an inhabitant of crevices in limestone rocks. This species consumes beetles and lepidopteran larvae and gives birth to living young. The habitat of this lizard in the vicinity of the type locality is being deforested, and people in nearby towns have created an open garbage dump in this area. We determined its EVS as 17, in the middle of the high vulnerability category (see text for explanation), and its status by the IUCN and SEMAR- NAT presently are undetermined. This newly described endemic species is one of nine known species in the monogeneric family Xenosauridae, which is endemic to northern Mesoamerica (Mexico from Tamaulipas to Chiapas and into the montane portions of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala). All but one of these nine species is endemic to Mexico. Photo by Christian Berriozabal-Islas. amphibian-reptile-conservation.org 01 June 2013 | Volume 7 | Number 1 | e61 Copyright: © 2013 Wilson et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Com- mons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License, which permits unrestricted use for non-com- Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 7(1): 1–47. -
Does Color Polymorphism Affect the Predation Risk on Phalotris Lemniscatus (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854) (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)?
Acta Herpetologica 14(1): 57-63, 2019 DOI: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-24274 Does color polymorphism affect the predation risk on Phalotris lemniscatus (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854) (Serpentes, Dipsadidae)? Fernanda R. de Avila1,2,*, Juliano M. Oliveira3, Mateus de Oliveira1, Marcio Borges-Martins4, Victor Hugo Valiati2, Alexandro M. Tozetti1 1 Laboratório de Ecologia de Vertebrados Terrestres, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Avenida Unisinos, 950, Cristo Rei, CEP 93022-970, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil. *Corresponding author. Email: [email protected] 2 Laboratório de Genética e Biologia Molecular, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Ave- nida Unisinos, 950, Cristo Rei, CEP 93022-970, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil 3 Laboratório de Ecologia Vegetal, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, Avenida Unisinos, 950, Cristo Rei, CEP 93022-970, São Leopoldo, RS, Brasil 4 Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Ave- nida Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Agronomia, CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil Submitted on: 2018, 3rd December; revised on: 2018, 12th April; accepted on: 2018, 2nd May Editor: Rocco Tiberti Abstract. The snake Phalotris lemniscatus is a polymorphic species regarding color, which varies between light shades with a yellow predominance (pale yellow-brown) to darker shades with a red predominance (red-dark). Pale yellow- brown individuals are more frequent in coastal populations while there is a tendency of increasing the frequency of red-dark morphs in inland areas. Considering the variation in substrate color along the species distribution (light/ sandy on the coast to reddish and dark/argillaceous in inland areas), we raise the hypothesis that the predation rate of each morph would be lower in sites were its crypsis potential is higher. -
Revista ACTA BIOLOGICA BRASILIENSIA
UMA NOVA ESPÉCIE DE Phalotris (SERPENTES, DIPSADIDAE) DO CERRADO NO NORDESTE DO BRASIL A NEW SPECIES OF Phalotris (SERPENTES, DIPSADIDAE) FROM CERRADO IN THE NORTHEAST BRAZIL Adriano Lima Silveira Biótica Estudos Ambientais. Fazenda Gameleira, região de São Jerônimo, CEP 38770-000, João Pinheiro, MG, Brasil [email protected] RESUMO O gênero Phalotris é atualmente composto por 15 espécies de serpentes que se distribuem em áreas de formações abertas na América do Sul. As espécies do gênero encontram-se arranjadas em três grupos, dos quais o grupo de P. nasutus contempla esta espécie e P. concolor, P. lativittatus, P. nigrilatus e P. labiomaculatus. No presente trabalho, descreve-se uma nova espécie de Phalotris do Cerrado no Nordeste do Brasil, pertencente ao grupo de P. nasutus. O novo táxon é conhecido apenas do holótipo, procedente de Cocos, no sudoeste do estado da Bahia. A nova espécie é diagnosticada das demais congêneres por apresentar uma combinação exclusiva de caracteres, dentre eles: escama rostral proeminente, mas com o ápice arredondado; escama rostral em contato com pré-frontal; 1+1 escamas temporais; número relativamente elevado de escamas ventrais (202) e subcaudais (36); dorso com coloração uniforme, amarelado em preservação e vermelho-alaranjado em vida; dorso e lateral da cabeça de cor preta uniforme, com manchas brancas no lábio; um colar nucal anterior branco, evidente e muito estreito (1-2 escamas); um colar nucal posterior preto, evidente e extenso (3-5 escamas). Dentre as espécies do grupo de P. nasutus, o novo táxon exibe maior similaridade fenotípica com P. labiomaculatus e P. concolor. A nova espécie é considerada endêmica do Cerrado, um dos biomas mais ameaçados do planeta. -
Mordedura De Phalotris Lemniscatus
Acta Toxicol. Argent. (2019) 27 (2): 65-71 Mordedura de Phalotris lemniscatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) (Squamata, Dipsadidae) en Uruguay Phalotris lemniscatus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) (Squamata, Dipsadidae) bites in Uruguay Negrin, Alba1*; Morais, Víctor2; Carreira, Santiago3,4,5; Tortorella, María Noel1 1Departamento de Toxicología, Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de la República, Av. Italia s/n. Montevideo, 11600, Uruguay. 2Departamento de Desarrollo Biotecnológico y Producción, Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Av. Alfredo Navarro 3051, Montevideo, 11600, Uruguay. 3Bioterio de Animales Ponzoñosos (Serpentario), Instituto de Higiene, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Av. Alfredo Navarro 3051, Montevideo, 11600, Uruguay. 4Laboratorio de Sistemática e Historia Natural de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Udelar, Iguá 4225, 11400. Montevideo, Uruguay. 5Sección Herpetología, Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, 25 de Mayo 582, 11000, Montevideo, Uruguay. Telefax: +59824870300 *[email protected] Recibido: 28 de marzo de 2019 Aceptado: 25 de julio de 2019 Resumen. Phalotris lemniscatus es la única especie representante del género Phalotris en Uruguay. Esta especie tiene una amplia distribución que incluye Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul en Brasil y el norte de Argentina que se extiende a las áreas fronterizas con Bolivia y Paraguay. Aunque este ofidio no es agresivo, se registraron dos accidentes en Uruguay en los que se observó acción local y sistémica del veneno. Los mismos ocurrieron en las manos después de manipulación excesiva y prolongada de los ejemplares. Localmente presentaron edema leve, pero en términos sistémicos el veneno de Phalotris causó alteraciones en la coagulación. -
(Snakes: Dipsadidae) Preying on Leptodactylus Macrosternum (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with Comments on Antipredator Mechanisms
Herpetology Notes, volume 14: 1151-1153 (2021) (published online on 01 September 2021) New record of Thamnodynastes strigatus (Snakes: Dipsadidae) preying on Leptodactylus macrosternum (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with comments on antipredator mechanisms Diego Henrique Santiago1,*, Thiago Silva-Soares2,3, and Ricardo Lourenço-de-Moraes4 The genus Thamnodynastes Wagler, 1845 comprises species of frogs and is distributed throughout southern 21 species distributed throughout South America (Uetz North America, Central America, and South America et al., 2021), with 12 species currently known to occur (Frost, 2021). The White-lipped Frog, Leptodactylus in Brazil (Nogueira et al., 2019). Thamnodynastes is a macrosternum Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926, is a frog that genus of small, nocturnal, viviparous, mildly venomous inhabits swamps and ponds of open areas (Santos and opistoglyphous snakes that occupy a wide variety of Cechin, 2008), reaching 82 mm SVL in adult males and environments and habitats and, despite some recent 80 mm in females (Prado et al., 2000). Leptodactylus research, a significant amount of taxonomic uncertainty macrosternum has a brownish dorsal colour, paired vocal with these snakes remains (Franco and Ferreira, 2002; sacs, truncated snout, and posterior thigh region with a Rufatto et al., 2003; Bellini et al., 2013). uniform dark green colour (Santos and Cechin, 2008). The Coastal House Snake, Thamnodynastes strigatus On 28 December 2019 at 09:32 h we observed an (Günther, 1858) is a semi-arboreal snake that frequently adult T. strigatus on the edge of a small stream inside hunts in aquatic environments and, as one of the largest a forest preying on a L. macrosternum, at Parque species in the genus, reaches up to 700 mm in snout–vent Primavera (protected area), Iporã Municipality, Paraná length (SVL; Franco and Ferreira, 2002; Bortolanza-Filho State, southern Brazil (24.0011°S, 53.6950°W; Datum et al., 2019). -
Multi-National Conservation of Alligator Lizards
MULTI-NATIONAL CONSERVATION OF ALLIGATOR LIZARDS: APPLIED SOCIOECOLOGICAL LESSONS FROM A FLAGSHIP GROUP by ADAM G. CLAUSE (Under the Direction of John Maerz) ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is defined by unprecedented human influence on the biosphere. Integrative conservation recognizes this inextricable coupling of human and natural systems, and mobilizes multiple epistemologies to seek equitable, enduring solutions to complex socioecological issues. Although a central motivation of global conservation practice is to protect at-risk species, such organisms may be the subject of competing social perspectives that can impede robust interventions. Furthermore, imperiled species are often chronically understudied, which prevents the immediate application of data-driven quantitative modeling approaches in conservation decision making. Instead, real-world management goals are regularly prioritized on the basis of expert opinion. Here, I explore how an organismal natural history perspective, when grounded in a critique of established human judgements, can help resolve socioecological conflicts and contextualize perceived threats related to threatened species conservation and policy development. To achieve this, I leverage a multi-national system anchored by a diverse, enigmatic, and often endangered New World clade: alligator lizards. Using a threat analysis and status assessment, I show that one recent petition to list a California alligator lizard, Elgaria panamintina, under the US Endangered Species Act often contradicts the best available science. -
First Record of Predation on the Bat Carollia Perspicillata by the False Coral Snake Oxyrhopus Petolarius in the Atlantic Rainforest
Biotemas, 25 (4), 307-309, dezembro de 2012 doi: 10.5007/2175-7925.2012v25n4p307307 ISSNe 2175-7925 Short Communication First record of predation on the bat Carollia perspicillata by the false coral snake Oxyrhopus petolarius in the Atlantic Rainforest Frederico Gustavo Rodrigues França * Rafaella Amorim de Lima Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Centro de Ciências Aplicadas e Educação Departamento de Engenharia e Meio Ambiente, CEP 58297-000, Rio Tinto – PB, Brasil * Corresponding author [email protected] Submetido em 23/03/2012 Aceito para publicação em 28/06/2012 Resumo Primeiro registro de predação do morcego Carollia perspicillata pela falsa coral Oxyrhopus petolarius na Mata Atlântica. Registros de morcegos como presas de serpentes são bastante escassos na literatura, mas trabalhos recentes têm evidenciado que essa predação não parece ser um fenômeno incomum. Apresentamos aqui o primeiro registro de predação do morcego Carollia perspicillata pela falsa coral Oxyrhopus petolarius em uma área de Mata Atlântica na região Nordeste do Brasil. Palavras-chave: Dieta; Falsa coral; Morcegos; Serpentes Abstract Records of bats as prey of snakes are very few in the literature, but recent studies have shown that this predation doesn’t seem to be an unusual phenomenon. We present here the first record of predation on the bat Carollia perspicillata by the false coral snake Oxyrhopus petolarius in an Atlantic Rainforest area in the Northeastern Brazil. Key words: Bats; Diet; False coral snake; Snakes Although bats are not considered an important and E. subflavus) (HARDY, 1957; RODRÍGUEZ; component of the diet of most snake species, snake REAGAN, 1984; KOENIG; SCHWARTZ, 2003) and predation on bats does not seem to be an unusual South American Corallus hortulanus (HENDERSON, phenomenon (SCHÄTTI, 1984; HASTINGS, 2010). -
OXYRHOPUS GUIBEI (False Coral Snake). PREDATION. the False Coral Snake
snakes, such as the tropical rattlesnake, Crotalus durissus (S. C. S. Belentani, unpubl. data) and lanceheads, Bothrops spp. (D. Queirolo, unpubL data), although they are likely to be an occa sional food item in most populations. (less than 10% of the wolf scats have snake remains; Motta-Junior and Martins. 2002. }n Levey et al. [eds.], Seed Dispersal and Frugivory: Ecology, Evo lution and Conservation, pp. 291-303. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK.); even so, C. brachyurus appears to be an efficient and regular snake predator in the Brazilian Cerrado. The voucher specimen of 0. guibei is deposited in the Museu de Hist6ria Natural, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (ZUEC 2684). D. Zanchetta and the staff of lnstituto Florestal allowed and facilitated our fieldwork at IES. Funded by FAPESP (00/12339- 2; 00/01412-0; 99/05664-5). We thank L. Pizzatto for laboratory assistance and Gordon Schuett for suggestions. This is publica tion number 15 of the project "Ecology of the Cerrados of Itirapina;" Submitted by ALEXANDRO M; TOZETTI (e-mail: [email protected]), MARCIO MARTINS (e-mail: [email protected]), and JOSE CARLOS MOTTA-JUNIOR (e mail: [email protected]), Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociencias, Universidade de Sao Paulo, C.P. 11461, 05508-900, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil, and RICARDO J. SAWAYA (e-mail: [email protected]), Departame11to de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, C.P. 6109, 13083- 970, Campinas, SP, Brazil. OXYRHOPUS GUIBEI (False Coral Snake). PREDATION. The False Coral Snake. ( Oxyrhopus guibei) is a common species irt southeastern Brazil, and occurs in both forest edges and open ar eas. -
Herpetological Review
Herpetological Review Volume 41, Number 2 — June 2010 SSAR Offi cers (2010) HERPETOLOGICAL REVIEW President The Quarterly News-Journal of the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles BRIAN CROTHER Department of Biological Sciences Editor Southeastern Louisiana University ROBERT W. HANSEN Hammond, Louisiana 70402, USA 16333 Deer Path Lane e-mail: [email protected] Clovis, California 93619-9735, USA [email protected] President-elect JOSEPH MENDLELSON, III Zoo Atlanta, 800 Cherokee Avenue, SE Associate Editors Atlanta, Georgia 30315, USA e-mail: [email protected] ROBERT E. ESPINOZA KERRY GRIFFIS-KYLE DEANNA H. OLSON California State University, Northridge Texas Tech University USDA Forestry Science Lab Secretary MARION R. PREEST ROBERT N. REED MICHAEL S. GRACE PETER V. LINDEMAN USGS Fort Collins Science Center Florida Institute of Technology Edinboro University Joint Science Department The Claremont Colleges EMILY N. TAYLOR GUNTHER KÖHLER JESSE L. BRUNNER Claremont, California 91711, USA California Polytechnic State University Forschungsinstitut und State University of New York at e-mail: [email protected] Naturmuseum Senckenberg Syracuse MICHAEL F. BENARD Treasurer Case Western Reserve University KIRSTEN E. NICHOLSON Department of Biology, Brooks 217 Section Editors Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA Book Reviews Current Research Current Research e-mail: [email protected] AARON M. BAUER JOSHUA M. HALE BEN LOWE Department of Biology Department of Sciences Department of EEB Publications Secretary Villanova University MuseumVictoria, GPO Box 666 University of Minnesota BRECK BARTHOLOMEW Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA Melbourne, Victoria 3001, Australia St Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA P.O. Box 58517 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, USA e-mail: [email protected] Geographic Distribution Geographic Distribution Geographic Distribution Immediate Past President ALAN M. -
Víbora Hocicuda – Vipera Latastei Boscá, 1878
Brito, J. C. A. R. (2017). Víbora hocicuda – Vipera latastei. En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Salvador, A., Marco, A. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/ Víbora hocicuda – Vipera latastei Boscá, 1878 José Carlos A. R. Brito Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos (CIBIO) da Universidade do Porto Instituto de Ciências Agrárias de Vairão, R. Padre Armando Quintas, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal Versión 19-04-2017 Versiones anteriores: 23-01-2004; 16-01-2006; 10-01-2007; 3-09-2008; 24-11-2009; 5-08-2011; 16-06-2015 © F. Martínez ENCICLOPEDIA VIRTUAL DE LOS VERTEBRADOS ESPAÑOLES Sociedad de Amigos del MNCN – MNCN - CSIC Brito, J. C. A. R. (2017). Víbora hocicuda – Vipera latastei. En: Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles. Salvador, A., Marco, A. (Eds.). Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. http://www.vertebradosibericos.org/ Nomenclatura Boscá (1878) describió la nueva especie de víbora como Vipera latasti en la página 121, pero en el pié de la lámina 4 (p. 201, figs. 1 y 4) la menciona dos veces como Vipera latastei Boscá. La descripción de la especie fue publicada en el segundo fascículo del año. Al año siguiente Boscá (1879b) utilizó de nuevo la combinación Vipera latastei y en una nota al pie (1, p. 76) se refirió a su descripción de la especie en 1878 y comentó que quería rectificar le breve descripción que había publicado previamente. Esta acción hace que Boscá sea primer revisor según el artículo 24.2.4. Varios autores posteriores se han ocupado de este problema. -
Provisional List of Birds of the Rio Tahuauyo Areas, Loreto, Peru
Provisional List of Birds of the Rio Tahuauyo areas, Loreto, Peru Compiled by Carol R. Foss, Ph.D. and Josias Tello Huanaquiri, Guide Status based on expeditions from Tahuayo Logde and Amazonia Research Center TINAMIFORMES: Tinamidae 1. Great Tinamou Tinamus major 2. White- throated Tinamou Tinamus guttatus 3. Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus 4. Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui 5. Undulated Tinamou Crypturellus undulates 6. Variegated Tinamou Crypturellus variegatus 7. Bartlett’s Tinamou Crypturellus bartletti ANSERIFORMES: Anhimidae 8. Horned Screamer Anhima cornuta ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae 9. Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 10. Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 11. Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus GALLIFORMES: Cracidae 12. Spix’s Guan Penelope jacquacu 13. Blue-throated Piping-Guan Pipile cumanensis 14. Speckled Chachalaca Ortalis guttata 15. Wattled Curassow Crax globulosa 16. Razor-billed Curassow Mitu tuberosum GALLIFORMES: Odontophoridae 17. Marbled Wood-Quall Odontophorus gujanensis 18. Starred Wood-Quall Odontophorus stellatus PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae 19. Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus PELECANIFORMES: Anhingidae 20. Anhinga Anhinga anhinga CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae 21. Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum 22. Agami Heron Agamia agami 23. Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius 24. Zigzag Heron Zebrilus undulatus 25. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 26. Striated Heron Butorides striata 27. Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 28. Cocoi Heron Ardea cocoi 29. Great Egret Ardea alba 30. Cappet Heron Pilherodius pileatus 31. Snowy Egret Egretta thula 32. Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea CICONIIFORMES: Threskiornithidae 33. Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis 34. Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae 35. Jabiru Jabiru mycteria 36. Wood Stork Mycteria Americana CICONIIFORMES: Cathartidae 37. Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 38. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus 39. -
Snakes: Cultural Beliefs and Practices Related to Snakebites in a Brazilian Rural Settlement Dídac S Fita1, Eraldo M Costa Neto2*, Alexandre Schiavetti3
Fita et al. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 2010, 6:13 http://www.ethnobiomed.com/content/6/1/13 JOURNAL OF ETHNOBIOLOGY AND ETHNOMEDICINE RESEARCH Open Access ’Offensive’ snakes: cultural beliefs and practices related to snakebites in a Brazilian rural settlement Dídac S Fita1, Eraldo M Costa Neto2*, Alexandre Schiavetti3 Abstract This paper records the meaning of the term ‘offense’ and the folk knowledge related to local beliefs and practices of folk medicine that prevent and treat snake bites, as well as the implications for the conservation of snakes in the county of Pedra Branca, Bahia State, Brazil. The data was recorded from September to November 2006 by means of open-ended interviews performed with 74 individuals of both genders, whose ages ranged from 4 to 89 years old. The results show that the local terms biting, stinging and pricking are synonymous and used as equivalent to offending. All these terms mean to attack. A total of 23 types of ‘snakes’ were recorded, based on their local names. Four of them are Viperidae, which were considered the most dangerous to humans, besides causing more aversion and fear in the population. In general, local people have strong negative behavior towards snakes, killing them whenever possible. Until the antivenom was present and available, the locals used only charms, prayers and homemade remedies to treat or protect themselves and others from snake bites. Nowadays, people do not pay attention to these things because, basically, the antivenom is now easily obtained at regional hospitals. It is under- stood that the ethnozoological knowledge, customs and popular practices of the Pedra Branca inhabitants result in a valuable cultural resource which should be considered in every discussion regarding public health, sanitation and practices of traditional medicine, as well as in faunistic studies and conservation strategies for local biological diversity.